The Strengths wheel uses a standardised scale ranging from 0-10. This is technically known as a ‘sten’ (standard ten) scale and is commonly used in psychometric testing, as an easily understandable way of charting a respondent’s scores in different areas. These numbers in themselves have no meaning (e.g. reporting a 10 on the scale doesn’t mean you have scored 10 out of 10, or 100%). The scale is simply used to show your relative position compared to others in the working population. The most important thing to focus on is the position of your strengths relative to each other in your profile.